Willem Kolff, Inventor of Kidney and Heart Machines, Dies at 97
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 16:07
in Physics & Chemistry
After inventing the first artificial kidney, Dr. Kolff went on to prove that biomedical engineers could build all sorts of artificial organs.
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